Uočen je sigurnosni nedostatak u radu programskog paketa libxml koji udaljenom napadaču omogućuje izvođenje DoS napada (rušenje aplikacije) ili pokretanje proizvoljnog programskog koda.

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-7856
2011-06-03 05:04:03
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Name        : libxml
Product     : Fedora 14
Version     : 1.8.17
Release     : 27.fc14
URL         : http://veillard.com/XML/
Summary     : Old XML library for Gnome-1 application compatibility
Description :
This library allows old Gnome-1 applications to manipulate XML files.

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Update Information:

This update addresses CVE-2011-1944 (heap-based buffer overflow by adding a new
namespace node to an existing nodeset or merging nodesets). It is described in
detail at
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/05/libxml-vulnerability-and-interesting.html

It also fixes the broken xpath implementation, which was crashing in the
regression test suite on 32-bit architectures and failing some of the tests on
all architectures.
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jun  3 2011 Paul Howarth <Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.> 1:1.8.17-27
- fix segfault and regressions in xpath tests
- use a patch rather than iconv to fix the ChangeLog encoding
* Thu Jun  2 2011 Paul Howarth <Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.> 1:1.8.17-26
- add patch for CVE-2011-1944 (#709751)
- add %check section and run regression tests (note that diffs appearing in
  the output do not cause the build to fail)
- nobody else likes macros for commands
* Tue Feb  8 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.>
- 1:1.8.17-25
- rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #709747 - CVE-2011-1944 libxml, libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow
by adding new namespace node to an existing nodeset or merging nodesets
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709747
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update libxml' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-7820
2011-06-03 05:02:44
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Name        : libxml
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 1.8.17
Release     : 27.fc15
URL         : http://veillard.com/XML/
Summary     : Old XML library for Gnome-1 application compatibility
Description :
This library allows old Gnome-1 applications to manipulate XML files.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:

This update addresses CVE-2011-1944 (heap-based buffer overflow by adding a new
namespace node to an existing nodeset or merging nodesets). It is described in
detail at
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/05/libxml-vulnerability-and-interesting.html

It also fixes the broken xpath implementation, which was crashing in the
regression test suite on 32-bit architectures and failing some of the tests on
all architectures.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:

* Fri Jun  3 2011 Paul Howarth <Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.> 1:1.8.17-27
- fix segfault and regressions in xpath tests
- use a patch rather than iconv to fix the ChangeLog encoding
* Thu Jun  2 2011 Paul Howarth <Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.> 1:1.8.17-26
- add patch for CVE-2011-1944 (#709751)
- add %check section and run regression tests (note that diffs appearing in
  the output do not cause the build to fail)
- nobody else likes macros for commands
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #709747 - CVE-2011-1944 libxml, libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow
by adding new namespace node to an existing nodeset or merging nodesets
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709747
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update libxml' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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